WeCan'tAffordPoverty

We Can't Afford Poverty is an art-based campaign aimed at keeping poverty the #1issue in British Columbia.

[WeCan'tAffordPoverty @NoPovertyBC]

Regional District of Nanaimo: Protect the forest surrounding Red Gate (aka Pink Rock/Yellow Gate)at Nanaimo River - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/W63SvvuSkU via @CdnChange

[Jas @jazznbeans]

“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great.” – Nelson Mandela

[murray bush @flux55]

A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward https://t.co/iLdHFXsSKJ

[WeCan'tAffordPoverty @NoPovertyBC]

Vote with your head and organize with your heart #voteABC #BCelxn17 #AnythingButClark

[WeCan'tAffordPoverty @NoPovertyBC]

Opinion: Poverty plan a prescription for tackling mental illness https://t.co/tyuNl3CU5d

[WeCan'tAffordPoverty @NoPovertyBC]

BC’s child poverty rate: Don’t cherry-pick the numbers https://t.co/CS6P6jYwJo

[Iglika Ivanova @IglikaIvanova]

Families who don't earn the #livingwage face impossible choices, says Deanna Ogle @LWforfamilies #bcpoli https://t.co/Fv4ivZUwzU

[BC Poverty Reduction Coalition @PovReductionBC]

If you can't make tomorrow's webinar with @DanJMeades & @IglikaIvanova register anyway; we'll send you a recording https://t.co/8Ekptoe64K

[Seth Klein @SethDKlein]

Economist Pierre Fortin debunks #childcare nay-sayers. Important read 4 those who want 2 see public childcare in BC https://t.co/vuySzvpsl2

[BC Poverty Reduction Coalition @PovReductionBC]

Platforms show “unwillingness to recognize that people on welfare are human beings, who deserve a life of dignity”
https://t.co/EUbgwtvkcU

[BC Poverty Reduction Coalition @PovReductionBC]

Almost 600,000 BCers live in poverty. 122,000 of those: children. We need to #MakePovertyPublic https://t.co/Ki2uOhEpsF #bcelxn2017 #bcpoli

[Elections BC @ElectionsBC]

Register online to vote in the 2017 BC Provincial Election. #iRegister #GetOnTheListBC https://t.co/5TeHNjxxxN

[First Call @FirstCallBC]

NDP says yes to @10aDayPlan; Lib's say no even w new fed'l $. We need this #childcare plan! https://t.co/rrZMEfLSTD #bcpoli @CCCA_BC @ECEBC1

[The CCPA–BC @CCPA_BC]

Love seeing our research out in the world. Stat from https://t.co/mNWGi2eVmv ; Photo from @NoPovertyBC on #FB: https://t.co/E0ErYOX5Us

[WeCan'tAffordPoverty @NoPovertyBC]

@WEFAVancouver @_Percy_Shelley Thank you!

[West End Families @WEFAVancouver]

This bus ad seen on Davie hits the nail on the head: "Building social housing actually saves lives & money." Thank you @NoPovertyBC

[WeCan'tAffordPoverty @NoPovertyBC]

BC Gov't $24M 'donation' normalizes food banks, children in poverty. BC needs to be first Province with Poverty Elimination Plan. #bcpoli

[BC Poverty Reduction Coalition @PovReductionBC]

From 2015-2016 the average lowest hotel rents increased by $31, the biggest annual increase in 8 years. @CCAPdtes
https://t.co/VsQcoEPAuS

[Laura Track @lktrack]

Inexcusable. Downtown Eastside homelessness reaching crisis levels: Carnegie report https://t.co/ySMxlXgPLS

[BCGEU @bcgeu]

BC needs a #poverty reduction plan! #bcpoli @PovReductionBC @MetVanAlliance @LWforfamilies @CCPA_BC @bcfed #canlab